http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/mitt-romney-is-trying-to-recruit-mark-cuban-to-thwart-donald-trump-with-third-party-run/May 14, 2016
Staff
Posted with permission from Lehigh Valley Live
Mitt Romney & Co. sure seem serious about stopping Donald Trump Now we know just how freaked out some Republicans are about Donald Trump leaving the GOP convention this summer with the party's nomination.
According to a Washington Post report, Mitt Romney is leading a group of disgruntled Republicans trying to recruit Mark Cuban and/or others to launch a third-party run.
From the Post report:
" ... these Republicans -- including commentators William Kristol and Erick Erickson and strategists Mike Murphy, Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson -- are so repulsed by the prospect of Trump as commander in chief that they are desperate to take action."
The talk of a third-party candidate comes with the usual warnings. Such a run could further splinter the Republican party, and the person who runs would risk forever being known as the candidate who opened the doors to White House for Hillary Clinton.
So maybe it wasn't surprising that Cuban, who has dropped more than a few crumbs suggesting he might one day dabble in politics, said no thanks.
But Romney & Co. aren't stopping with Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and star of "Shark Tank." Other targets have included John Kasich, the last Republican to bow out of the primary race against Trump, and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, a vocal critic of Trump's.
Cuban, according to the Washington Post story, didn't seem intimidated by Trump, who he has traded jabs with in the past, but reportedly doubts he would have time to mount a serious challenge.
That doesn't mean people aren't talking about it.
Mark Cuban? They think they're going to fight off Trump with Mark Cuban?
https://t.co/PN4vBsjyG0 -- David S. Cohen (@Variety_DSCohen) May 14, 2016
Yeah, GOP I understand you want an independent to run against trump but Mark Cuban...Mark Cuban?!?!? Lmfao
-- Patrick O'Donnell (@odonnellpattt) May 14, 2016
. @sportingnews i would SO vote for Cuban, Run Mark Run. A real wiz economically, he'd clean up Wall Street and then some. @mcuban run please
-- carrie (@saynepsycho) May 14, 2016
